We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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